Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother confiscates phone
by Kari Paul in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#4N7VT)
Fifteen-year-old resorts to drastic measures after action taken 'so I'd pay more attention to my surroundings'
A resourceful teenager has taken the rise of increasingly powerful smart home devices to its logical conclusion - tweeting from her family's smart fridge after her mother confiscated her phone.
The 15-year-old Ariana Grande fan known only as "Dorothy" was barred from using her phone but managed to find a number of innovative ways to reach her thousands of followers - a handheld Nintendo device, a Wii U gaming console and, finally, her family's LG Smart Refrigerator.
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